Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ideal had to close down , and a vandal 's brick made it the Id al , which spelled the end of an era . |
| 2 | I took Sir Ralph to the top of the stairs into the North Bastion tower but the passageway was so narrow Colebrooke helped him the rest of the way . ’ |
| 3 | Hoskyns found him the opening — sub-warden of Lincoln Theological College . |
| 4 | Sharmi told me the story : |
| 5 | Spicer told him the news and asked him if he would like a local caddie to be booked . |
| 6 | The card told me the rest . |
| 7 | Robson said yesterday : ‘ Bobby told me the atmosphere got to certain players last time . |
| 8 | Mr Grover listened carefully as Paddington told him the story . |
| 9 | It was quieter , with few shops , not one of them interesting , and restaurants which opened with optimistic flourishes and invitations but where , after a few weeks , you could see the desolate owner standing in the doorway wondering where he 'd gone wrong ; his eyes told you the area was n't going to revive in his lifetime . |
| 10 | Schellenberg handed him the Führer Directive . |
| 11 | The faint glow from a street light showed him the outline of a hedge , neat flower beds , a black oblong of lawn . |
| 12 | Their flickering light showed her the way down the hall to where she placed another candle in an alcove and then , with matches in hand , she walked towards the living-room . |
| 13 | ‘ Oh , I am so sorry , ’ Kathleen handed her the caster sugar . |
| 14 | Nor were the books that Edward showed me the kind of thing I would normally have read — not , at least , as anything more than a casual browse among the dustier nooks of human eccentricity . |
| 15 | In return his subjects owed him the duty of honouring that peace . |
| 16 | The wind hit him the moment he left the vehicle , a ferocious gust off the nearby sea which nearly lifted him off his feet . |
| 17 | The side Quiss belonged to called it Castle Doors , Ajayi 's side named it the Castle of Bequest . |
| 18 | Kathleen offered me the use of her office telephone and so , one morning , I settled down to make some enquiries . |
| 19 | Now it looked quite possible that she would n't need the services of an agency after all — that was , if Luke Travis offered her the job , and if she decided to accept . |
| 20 | In other words did you the flat ? |
| 21 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 22 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 23 | The red-and-white skull-cap above the monkey eyes gave him the air of a performing chimpanzee . |
| 24 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 25 | Maybe Angy gave her the sketch of herself as a present ? ’ |
| 26 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 27 | One Friday morning the sergeant in charge of Eva 's brigade gave her the task of cleaning the brass window winders and door handles in the assembly hall . |
| 28 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |
| 29 | Then a businessman asked whether he should buy this and that stock his broker had recommended on the sly , and — after a moment of concentration — Kruger gave him the word to hold off , presumably making a mental note to sweep the market himself . |
| 30 | He wore no tie , but the effect of his neat sleeked-back hair and thick-framed spectacles gave him the look of a rather stern and learned professor . |